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144_14	The award is named after Mercury, the god of commerce. Eduardo De Santis was one of the founders.
144_15	The award was originally meant to publicize Italian companies that deserved attention.
144_16	The Italian President Giuseppe Saragat (in office 1964–71) was also given the award.
144_17	In 1970 the President of Italy became the sponsor, and the award took on a European scope.
144_18	In 1975 it became international.
144_19	By 1982 the award had been given to sixteen world leaders and to newspapers such as Le Monde.
144_20	The award-giving organization was formally called the International Organization for Cooperation
144_21	(IOC).
144_22	The Kabul New Times said in 1980 that the authorized commission of the Gold Mercury International
144_23	Organization gave the prize to "individuals and organizations of the world who have taken fruitful
144_24	steps in expanding economic and technical cooperation with other countries.
144_25	A 1982 description said Gold Mercury International annual awards went to individuals, including
144_26	Heads of State, for contributions to world peace, and to "individuals, companies or organizations
144_27	for contributing to development of international relations and productive development."
144_28	Cold War Era Conference locations
144_29	The international award ceremonies were held in different locations.
144_30	The fifteenth annual ceremony of the Gold Mercury International Award in 1975 was held in the
144_31	Gothic Room of the Brussels City Hall.
144_32	Moscow hosted the 20th conference in 1980, where more than 120 foreign companies participated.
144_33	More than one hundred Soviet firms, organizations, statesmen and public figures were given Gold
144_34	Mercury International Awards at this event.
144_35	The 21st International Conference of the Golden Mercury International Association (GMIA) was held
144_36	in Sofia, Bulgaria at the end of September 1981.
144_37	Lorenzo Galo was Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the GMIA at the time.
144_38	A conference was held in Karachi on 7 April 1982.
144_39	Another awards ceremony was held in Ethiopia in 1982.
144_40	This was the first time this event had been held in an African country.
144_41	The 1984 ceremony took place in Beijing on 14 April 1984.
144_42	Award winners
144_43	UNESCO was awarded the 1978 Gold Mercury International Award and Diploma for its efforts to promote
144_44	development and international co-operation.
144_45	Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and Founder of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization was given also an award
144_46	in 1978, presented by Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain.
144_47	Delfa Associates was given Italy's annual Gold Mercury International Award for 1978 at a special
144_48	ceremony in Mexico.
144_49	The Amersham, UK refrigeration company was recognized for their contribution to promoting and
144_50	fostering international cooperation in their field.
144_51	In October 1980 the award was presented to Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev for an
144_52	"outstanding contribution to strengthening peace and developing international cooperation".
144_53	The Russian firm TMP won an award that year.
144_54	Textilimpex was another award winner at the 20th conference in Moscow.
144_55	The Afghan National Petroleum Institute also received a Gold Mercury prize in Moscow.
144_56	The institute's president attributed the honor to "untiring efforts and hard work of workers,
144_57	technicians, engineers and all toiling employees of Afghan National Petroleum Institute and
144_58	disinterested cooperations of friendly country of USSR."
144_59	Edward Seaga, Prime Minister of Jamaica (1980–89), received the Gold Mercury International Award in
144_60	Venezuela in 1981.
144_61	The Mexican conductor Enrique Bátiz Campbell was the first Latin American artist to receive the
144_62	award.
144_63	On 29 September 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria the United Nations Industrial Development Organization was
144_64	given an "Ad Honorem" award for contributing to development of international relations and
144_65	strengthening world peace.
144_66	The Latvian Shipping Company was given a 1981 Gold Mercury International Award for developing
144_67	shipping, harbor economy and cooperation in strengthening contacts with foreign countries.
144_68	In 1982 an award was given in Karachi to the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA) for its
144_69	participation in expanding global economic participation.
144_70	At the same event the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce was given the Gold Mercury
144_71	International Award ad honorem for encouraging international trade.
144_72	The Pakistani President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq received the Gold Mercury international award
144_73	for peace and cooperation from G. Lorenzo Galo, the Secretary-General of the Gold Mercury
144_74	International Association. Galo praised Zia's contributions to international peace and cooperation.
144_75	The Pakistan Yearbook noted that Pakistan was the first non-western government to be given the
144_76	award, due to its support of "the Islamic teachings of universal love, peace, brotherhood and
144_77	welfare and prosperity of the entire mankind."
144_78	Rear Admiral Abdul Waheed Bhombal received an "ad-honorarium" Gold Mercury International Award on
144_79	behalf of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation.
144_80	Aga Khan IV also received an "Ad Personam" award at this ceremony.
144_81	The 22nd Gold Mercury Awards were given to the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, and Ydnekatchew
144_82	Tessema. Tessima was President of the Confederation of African Football and member of the
144_83	International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Ethiopia.
144_84	The archaeologist J. Desmond Clark, one of the early pioneers in Africa of systematic fieldwork,
144_85	was given an individual award in 1982.
144_86	Anthropologists Francis Clark Howell, Donald Johanson and Tim D. White also received awards,
144_87	Clark, Johansen and White were present at the ceremony.
144_88	The Ethiopian Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin was awarded a Gold Mercury Ad Persona Award.
144_89	The sculptor Tadesse Belaineh Habtemariam also received an Ad-Personam award in Addis Ababa.
144_90	Erte Tekle is another Ethiopian artist who received an award that year.
144_91	Thomas R. Odhiambo, founder of the African Academy of Sciences, was given an award.
144_92	McKinley Conway also won an award in Addis Ababa.
144_93	The International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE) was a recipient in recognition of the
144_94	work it had done to support African countries.
144_95	The International Livestock Center for Africa received two awards.
144_96	Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, a senior official in the Indian government and founder of the Sahaja
144_97	Yoga movement, received an Ad Personam award in 1984.
144_98	James P. Grant, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund, was given the Gold
144_99	Mercury International Award in 1984 by International Organization for Co-operation.
144_100	The Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang was awarded the Gold Mercury International Peace Emblem in 1984.
144_101	In 1984 Lorenz Maria Gallo, secretary-general of Gold Mercury International, also presented a medal
144_102	to Wang Pinqing, who promised to continue to try to expand trade, economic cooperation and
144_103	friendship between China and other countries.
144_104	In 1985 EFE, the Spanish news agency, received an award for "increasing contribution to knowledge
144_105	and cooperation among the people of Latin origin" at the Special Conference for the Peace and
144_106	International Cooperation that was organized by the International Organization for Cooperation
144_107	(IOC) and held at Brazzaville.
144_108	That year Rajsoomer Lallah of Mauritius received an ad personam award for contribution to
144_109	development and human rights law.
144_110	Later history
144_111	In the late 1990s Gold Mercury International relocated to London.
144_112	As of 2004 the organization had an annual budget of about US$1 million and a staff of 25 people.
144_113	Leaders who have received the award include US Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan and King

144_14

The award is named after Mercury, the god of commerce. Eduardo De Santis was one of the founders.

144_15

The award was originally meant to publicize Italian companies that deserved attention.

144_16

The Italian President Giuseppe Saragat (in office 1964–71) was also given the award.

144_17

In 1970 the President of Italy became the sponsor, and the award took on a European scope.

144_18

In 1975 it became international.

144_19

By 1982 the award had been given to sixteen world leaders and to newspapers such as Le Monde.

144_20

The award-giving organization was formally called the International Organization for Cooperation

144_21

(IOC).

144_22

The Kabul New Times said in 1980 that the authorized commission of the Gold Mercury International

144_23

Organization gave the prize to "individuals and organizations of the world who have taken fruitful

144_24

steps in expanding economic and technical cooperation with other countries.

144_25

A 1982 description said Gold Mercury International annual awards went to individuals, including

144_26

Heads of State, for contributions to world peace, and to "individuals, companies or organizations

144_27

for contributing to development of international relations and productive development."

144_28

Cold War Era Conference locations

144_29

The international award ceremonies were held in different locations.

144_30

The fifteenth annual ceremony of the Gold Mercury International Award in 1975 was held in the

144_31

Gothic Room of the Brussels City Hall.

144_32

Moscow hosted the 20th conference in 1980, where more than 120 foreign companies participated.

144_33

More than one hundred Soviet firms, organizations, statesmen and public figures were given Gold

144_34

Mercury International Awards at this event.

144_35

The 21st International Conference of the Golden Mercury International Association (GMIA) was held

144_36

in Sofia, Bulgaria at the end of September 1981.

144_37

Lorenzo Galo was Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the GMIA at the time.

144_38

A conference was held in Karachi on 7 April 1982.

144_39

Another awards ceremony was held in Ethiopia in 1982.

144_40

This was the first time this event had been held in an African country.

144_41

The 1984 ceremony took place in Beijing on 14 April 1984.

144_42

Award winners

144_43

UNESCO was awarded the 1978 Gold Mercury International Award and Diploma for its efforts to promote

144_44

development and international co-operation.

144_45

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and Founder of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization was given also an award

144_46

in 1978, presented by Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain.

144_47

Delfa Associates was given Italy's annual Gold Mercury International Award for 1978 at a special

144_48

ceremony in Mexico.

144_49

The Amersham, UK refrigeration company was recognized for their contribution to promoting and

144_50

fostering international cooperation in their field.

144_51

In October 1980 the award was presented to Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev for an

144_52

"outstanding contribution to strengthening peace and developing international cooperation".

144_53

The Russian firm TMP won an award that year.

144_54

Textilimpex was another award winner at the 20th conference in Moscow.

144_55

The Afghan National Petroleum Institute also received a Gold Mercury prize in Moscow.

144_56

The institute's president attributed the honor to "untiring efforts and hard work of workers,

144_57

technicians, engineers and all toiling employees of Afghan National Petroleum Institute and

144_58

disinterested cooperations of friendly country of USSR."

144_59

Edward Seaga, Prime Minister of Jamaica (1980–89), received the Gold Mercury International Award in

144_60

Venezuela in 1981.

144_61

The Mexican conductor Enrique Bátiz Campbell was the first Latin American artist to receive the

144_62

award.

144_63

On 29 September 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria the United Nations Industrial Development Organization was

144_64

given an "Ad Honorem" award for contributing to development of international relations and

144_65

strengthening world peace.

144_66

The Latvian Shipping Company was given a 1981 Gold Mercury International Award for developing

144_67

shipping, harbor economy and cooperation in strengthening contacts with foreign countries.

144_68

In 1982 an award was given in Karachi to the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA) for its

144_69

participation in expanding global economic participation.

144_70

At the same event the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce was given the Gold Mercury

144_71

International Award ad honorem for encouraging international trade.

144_72

The Pakistani President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq received the Gold Mercury international award

144_73

for peace and cooperation from G. Lorenzo Galo, the Secretary-General of the Gold Mercury

144_74

International Association. Galo praised Zia's contributions to international peace and cooperation.

144_75

The Pakistan Yearbook noted that Pakistan was the first non-western government to be given the

144_76

award, due to its support of "the Islamic teachings of universal love, peace, brotherhood and

144_77

welfare and prosperity of the entire mankind."

144_78

Rear Admiral Abdul Waheed Bhombal received an "ad-honorarium" Gold Mercury International Award on

144_79

behalf of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation.

144_80

Aga Khan IV also received an "Ad Personam" award at this ceremony.

144_81

The 22nd Gold Mercury Awards were given to the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, and Ydnekatchew

144_82

Tessema. Tessima was President of the Confederation of African Football and member of the

144_83

International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Ethiopia.

144_84

The archaeologist J. Desmond Clark, one of the early pioneers in Africa of systematic fieldwork,

144_85

was given an individual award in 1982.

144_86

Anthropologists Francis Clark Howell, Donald Johanson and Tim D. White also received awards,

144_87

Clark, Johansen and White were present at the ceremony.

144_88

The Ethiopian Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin was awarded a Gold Mercury Ad Persona Award.

144_89

The sculptor Tadesse Belaineh Habtemariam also received an Ad-Personam award in Addis Ababa.

144_90

Erte Tekle is another Ethiopian artist who received an award that year.

144_91

Thomas R. Odhiambo, founder of the African Academy of Sciences, was given an award.

144_92

McKinley Conway also won an award in Addis Ababa.

144_93

The International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE) was a recipient in recognition of the

144_94

work it had done to support African countries.

144_95

The International Livestock Center for Africa received two awards.

144_96

Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, a senior official in the Indian government and founder of the Sahaja

144_97

Yoga movement, received an Ad Personam award in 1984.

144_98

James P. Grant, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund, was given the Gold

144_99

Mercury International Award in 1984 by International Organization for Co-operation.

144_100

The Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang was awarded the Gold Mercury International Peace Emblem in 1984.

144_101

In 1984 Lorenz Maria Gallo, secretary-general of Gold Mercury International, also presented a medal

144_102

to Wang Pinqing, who promised to continue to try to expand trade, economic cooperation and

144_103

friendship between China and other countries.

144_104

In 1985 EFE, the Spanish news agency, received an award for "increasing contribution to knowledge

144_105

and cooperation among the people of Latin origin" at the Special Conference for the Peace and

144_106

International Cooperation that was organized by the International Organization for Cooperation

144_107

(IOC) and held at Brazzaville.

144_108

That year Rajsoomer Lallah of Mauritius received an ad personam award for contribution to

144_109

development and human rights law.

144_110

Later history

144_111

In the late 1990s Gold Mercury International relocated to London.

144_112

As of 2004 the organization had an annual budget of about US$1 million and a staff of 25 people.

144_113

Leaders who have received the award include US Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan and King